Battle of the Atlantic

On this day a convoy (HXF TC.2 – Halifax Fast Troop Convoy # 2) of 14 ships with over 1200 soldiers aboard sets sail Britain. Halifax’s Bedford Basin is the gathering site for convoys carrying supplies to Europe. Ships filled with soldiers, arms, fuel, lumber & wheat left Halifax as often as twice a week to cross the North Atlantic, where the treacherously accurate and concealed German U-boats lay in wait. Convoy Assembly Area

Finland - Winter War

Day 23

The main Soviet attacks go in against the Mannerheim Line around Summa. The same pattern is repeated for the next few days. The advancing tanks penetrate into the Finnish positions during each day. The infantry are held off and the tanks mostly destroyed during the nights by the Finnish troops who then emerge from their defenses. On the Ladoga Karelia the Finns retake the village of Ägläjärvi. 2 battalions pursue the retreating Russians heading towards the Aittojoki River. The Russians have lost over 2,000 men in the fighting in this area.

The first 150-bed field ambulance from the Swedish Red Cross arrives in Finland. Photo: SA-KUVA Red Cross Hospital